A device to pre-determine baby cry and provide them to calm down with white noise

ABSTRACT

Invention is about a device which provides babies to calm down without any parent intervention by making them listen to the white noise installed to its memory by pre-determining of their cry with the change in their breathing and the vibration occurs during crying.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Invention is about a device which provides babies to calm down withoutany parent intervention by making them listen to the white noiseinstalled to its memory by pre-determining of their cry with the changein their breathing and the vibration occurs during crying.

PRIOR ART

Colic is a very common complaint in the first three months after thebirth that is defined as uneasiness and never ending crying seizuresthat last for more than three weeks, at least three days a week, andthree hours a day. This situation is seen in 5-25% of infants. Itusually starts in the second to third weeks after birth, increases inthe sixth to eighth weeks, and resolves by itself in the third to fourthmonths. Colic crying is different from normal crying; the baby can weepfor hours without calming down. In very few children, crying lasts for24 hours. Crying seizures are usually observed after lunch or in theevening. Usually, colic crying is repeated every day, sometimes itpauses overnight. During the seizures, a painful expression occurs onthe face of the baby, the fists are tighten and the legs are pulled tothe stomach. The characteristic seizure starts suddenly and loud andconstant crying is observed. Babies with colic pain create a crisissituation in the family. It causes the stress in the family, it can evendistort the family balance. Because the baby is crying, the parents arerestless and unhappy. Babies and family cannot sleep either. It maynegatively affect the working efficiency of the working parent and thegrowth and development of the baby. In a study of babies with colic, ithas founded that white noise reduces babies' cry out, cry and the timethey stay awake, but improve their nutrition and sleeping times (1). Itother studies, it is also shown that white noise is effective on pain(2, 3). It is also noted in the literature that it is the relaxingeffect of white noise (4).

Spencer et al. (1990) found that in their study with 20 babies,white-noise increases the sleep durations (5). Muenssinger et al. (2013)found that babies in the mother's womb reacted most to the white noisestimulus in their work with the fetuses (6).

White noise is also called white sound. White noise consists of acombination of sounds at all different frequencies. It can be describedas a buzz of 20,000 different tones at once. White noise sounds like thefrequency and signal of the wind coming through the trees, waterfall,radio waves or signals and frequencies that resemble ocean waves.Besides, it is found similar to the voices in the mother's womb by thebaby because of the white noise's buzzing and continuous monotone sound.These voices are similar to the voices in the baby's mother's womb andcomfort the babies. There is also a white noise CD prepared by musicianOrhan Osman. This CD contains sounds such as heart beats, musicalinstruments and water sounds.

It has been observed that infants with colic calm down by listening todifferent frequency sounds such as hair drier, electric vacuum cleaner.In addition, various studies such as calming babies with colic, reducingsedation and anxiety during surgical operation, calming the baby duringpainful procedures, examining the effect on baby's movements in mother'swomb via white noise have been done.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Invention is about applying electrodes, which comprise Galvanic SkinResponse (GSR) sensors, to the abdominal region of a baby, therebydetecting cramp-like pains and sending a signal to the microprocessorand starts playing white noise. Thus, the process of calming babies withcolic will be completed without the parental intervention, which is theobject of the patent application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The system that makes up the body produces some signs as it performs itsvarious functions. These signs often do not convey easily understandableinformation out of the underlying complex biological structure. Theyneed to be processed and interpreted in order to examine various eventsin the body. Bioelectric signals relate to nerve conduction, brain,heart and various muscle movements, and etc. Ionic currents are theresult of electrochemical events in some cells. These currents aredetected with the aid of electrodes, and after the signal processing,various diseases are diagnosed. To measure bioelectric potentials, weneed transformers that convert electrical potential or current to ionicpotentials and currents. Such a converter takes the form of twoelectrodes and measures the ionic potential difference between thepoints where the electrodes are applied.

In our patent application, which is subject to our invention, we use theGalvanic Skin Response sensor to measure the muscle contraction signalsmentioned above. At least two electrodes containing the GSR sensor areplaced on the baby's body. These electrodes detect contractions forcrying of the babies with colic during their sleep before they startcrying. The start signal is automatically is given for white noise to beplayed to the babies. The contractions detected by the sensors aretransmitted to the microprocessor as an information. Given the fact thateach contraction is not likely to turn into a cry, information of apossibility of crying is transmitted to the microprocessor if there aremore than 12 contractions per minute. The microprocessor starts babiesto listen to the white noise through headphones placed on the baby'sears, which are recorded in memory or connected with an external mediaplayer. These headphones are placed in such a way that they will notcreate a weight on the baby's head and will not damage the skin.

The electrodes to be placed have the characteristics of measuring thedifference between the width and the velocity of the measured waves, thedepth and speed of the baby's breathing, and the measurement of theheartbeat. Thus, the user who defines the number of months of the babythrough the keys in the device interface, the data to be obtained fromthe babies in the related month; compared with the data obtained as aresult of the measurements mentioned above, in case of any irregularity,the user is informed by the voice and the digital display about thedifferences on measurements.

1. A device to pre-determine baby cry and provide them to calm down withwhite noise and it is characterized in that by comprising at least twoelectrodes which comprising GSR sensor applied on baby's body andevaluate the difference between the width and the velocity of themeasured waves, the depth and speed of the baby's breathing, and themeasurement of the heartbeat and transmits the information of apossibility of crying to the microprocessor if there are more than 12contractions per minute; an earphone, a microprocessor that starts toplay the white noise recorded in memory or connected with an externalmedia player if the data gathered from the electrodes is a crying signaland a digital screen.